#1Sheerness
13,253 peopleJanuary low·18 air frosts a year·#141 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Sheerness, #1 on this list · Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Kent rankings · Climate
Towns with the mildest winters in Kent
Sheerness has the mildest winters of Kent’s 87 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 3.1°C (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here averages 2.3°C.
The average January low (the coldest month’s nights). Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages on its 2 km grid, the cells inside each town averaged (contains Met Office data © Crown copyright). A described list: no letters. The rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland sits beside each figure.
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#2Queenborough
3,915 peopleJanuary low·20 air frosts a year·#161 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Minster (Swale)
16,735 peopleJanuary low·18 air frosts a year·#169 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 87 towns, ranked
January low, highest first. Temperatures are ranked on two decimals and shown to one, so two towns showing the same figure can rank apart; towns smaller than a 2 km cell share its figures. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied). Each rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland links to the national list.
87 towns.
#TownJanuary lowAir frostsUK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which town in Kent has the mildest winters?
Sheerness: January nights average a low of 3.1°C, with 18 air frosts in a typical year. Queenborough and Minster (Swale) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average January low, highest first, from the Met Office’s 1991–2020 averages on its 2 km grid: the cells inside the town, or the one nearest its centre for a town smaller than a cell. The figure is the one on each town’s Climate page.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers Kent’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Kent is on the county page.
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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
Best places to live87 towns · #1 HildenboroughBest small towns56 towns · #1 HildenboroughMost affordable towns87 towns · #1 SheernessSafest towns87 towns · #1 CuxtonTowns with the best schools87 towns · #1 HildenboroughHealthiest towns87 towns · #1 Otford and KemsingBest towns for jobs & income87 towns · #1 SevenoaksMost walkable towns87 towns · #1 CanterburyTowns with the lowest flood risk87 towns · #1 Ash (Dover) and 27 moreBest towns for the outdoors87 towns · #1 FolkestoneMost historic towns87 towns · #1 SandwichTowns with the most civic life87 towns · #1 Ash (Dover)Towns with the highest household incomes87 towns · #1 Kings HillDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax87 towns · #1 GillinghamDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers87 towns · #1 DartfordDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers87 towns · #1 HawkingeDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts87 towns · #1 RamsgateDescribed, no lettersDriest towns87 towns · #1 QueenboroughDescribed, no lettersWettest towns87 towns · #1 HawkingeDescribed, no letters
County by county
Towns with the mildest winters, county by county
AberdeenshireBedfordshireBerkshireBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCheshireClwydCornwallCounty DurhamCumbriaDerbyshireDevonDorsetDyfedEast Riding of YorkshireEast SussexEssexFifeGloucestershireGreater ManchesterGwentHampshireHertfordshireHighlandKentLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerseysideMid GlamorganNorfolkNorth LanarkshireNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshireShropshireSomersetSouth LanarkshireSouth YorkshireStaffordshireSuffolkSurreyTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWiltshireWorcestershire
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